In this role, Creese will guide companies in engagements such as SEC registration and reporting, including initial public offerings, acquisition and divestiture assistance, revenue recognition, International Financial Reporting Standards reporting, financial statement audits and the employee benefit plan audits of domestic and global clients. Clients he will serve include public organizations, family-owned businesses, private-equity and venture-backed portfolio companies and subsidiaries of multinational corporations.

With a public accounting career spanning more than 27 years, Creese was an audit partner at a Big 4 firm before joining Cherry Bekaert. In this capacity, he assisted various sized companies from the manufacturing, distribution, health care, real estate, construction, technology and life sciences industries.